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Champions League Round-up: Tuesday, Matchweek 5

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A comprehensive review of the UEFA Champions League action on Tuesday 23 November 2016

History was made as matchweek five of the world's best club tournament rolled into town, as Dortmund and Legia Warsaw stole the headlines with a goal fest to produce the highest-scoring game of all time in the UEFA Champions League. But, even if most front pages will be plastered with the Germans' sensational victory, there was a lot going on elsewhere - Leicester's qualification is now secured, as is Real Madrid's, however Tottenham now find themselves on the outside of that group, sent crashing out by Monaco.

Things began to take further shape on the night, and as we have done all season, we have all the action rounded up at your convenience.

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Dortmund clobber Warsaw in record-breaking goal fest

Borussia Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warsaw

Borussia Dortmund were victorious in the highest-scoring fixture in Champions League history by outgunning Warsaw over the course of an enthralling 90 minutes at the Westfalenstadion.

The Poles were in dreamland after 10 minutes through a moment of magic crafted by Aleksandar Prijović, swiping a magnificent strike on the outside of his boot into the top corner. They wouldn't defy their opponents for too long though, as Shinji Kagawa flipped things back into normality by knocking Dembélé's dangerous cross into the back of the net.

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His tally would be doubled in the space of two minutes, with Dembélé again the provider as they exchanged passes to respond to a long ball forward, and the 27-year-old tucked it past the keeper inside the near post.

Nuri Şahin followed that up in the 20th minute by changing the complexion of the game entirely and putting Warsaw on the brink of a capitulation. Goalkeeper Radosław Cierzniak rushed out to punch away a free-kick, but instead knocked it against the opposing player.

Dortmund weren't about to run away with it that fast - with Prijović adding further to the outpour of goals by grabbing his second. Influence was once again heavy on the right flank, with a cross fling into his path to make it 3-2 barely even a quarter into the match. The game could have been tied not so long after, but the crossbar would deny Prijović of completing his hat-trick.

Having dished out two assists already, Dembélé then pencilled his own name onto the scoresheet with Marco Reus finishing off a rapid transition in the middle of the park to allow his teammate to knock it past his markers and finish cleanly. Fresh off his return from a long spell out due to injury, Dortmund's captain then got back to scoring form by Kagawa's instant crossing putting it to him on a plate.

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A pulsating 45 minutes wrapped up with all spectators catching their breath, and with things far from put to bed as Legia Warsaw continued to uphold the scaffolding for a challenge. Defensively, the appreciators of that side of the game would have been plucking their hair out but for everyone else it was attacking football galore.

That meant there was no time to rest as Dortmund immediately came out on the front foot. Marco Reus, encouraged by his return to scoring form, added his second by ghosting into space to meet Dembélé's delivery. No matter what the Bundesliga side brought though, Warsaw were refusing to cave in, and grabbed another one in their favour, Kucharczyk this time lobbing it over the keeper. One person who was struggling to join in on the party however was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, smashing the post from a low cross.

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Felix Passlack scored 9 minutes before time, with Pulišić providing Schürrle with the platform to set up the German whose strike was parried into goal. It was an event which neared both sides to history, before Nemanja Nikolić then put them on par with it, scoring on the counter to tie the game's goal for the most in the history of the competition.

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Marco Reus then wrapped up the occasion to make history with a deflection off Rzeźniczak, which could possibly be ruled as an own goal, ending a truly spectacular game that takes its rightful place in the record books. Dortmund may have taken 3 points, but Legia were far from the losers in matchweek five.

Juventus came from behind to snatch three points in Spain as ten-man Sevilla were downed at the death.

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Nicolás Pareja stunned the Serie A kings early on by capitalising on a poor corner clearance to slide it past Buffon. It prompted a first-half spell were the Spaniards squeezed out all they could in their reserves to outdo the giants - but that would all come unhinged through a red card for Vázquez, receiving his marching orders after a second booking.

Leonardo Bonucci was fouled during a corner kick to set-up a penalty in stoppage time of the first half, where Claudio Marchisio stepped forward into the bottom left just too strong for the hand of the keeper to keep it out.

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Sevilla had their backs up against the wall - but credit to them, as they continued to give it all they could even with depleted resources and made things very even going into the late stages. It took a belter from Bonucci to finally put The Old Lady in front, meeting the ball on the edge of the box and needing no second invitation.

16-year old Moise Kean made his Champions League debut for Juventus last night.

It was cruel on Sevilla, as is the nature of everything in life - the icing on the cake for Juve saw Mandžukić surge forward and secure the points with a rifling effort towards the roof of the net.

Leicester fairytale rolls on to last 16

Leicester City 2-1 Club Brugge

Riyad Mahrez and Shinji Okazaki hoisted Leicester to a group-clinching victory over Club Brugge, while landing a historic berth in the round-of-16 in the process.

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A perfect start through a counter-attack-produced goal helped the Foxes put their Premier League woes, as Okazaki neatly guided Fuchs' cross powerfully into goal, with the hosts continuing to burst forward and creating all sorts of problems.

Albrighton drew a foul in the penalty area from Cools at the half-hour mark to provide Riyad Mahrez with an opportunity from the spot, one which he drove straight down the middle to double the lead.

It wouldn't be all plain sailing to the clinching of group G though as a stunning strike from Izquierdo made for a nervy finish, but Leicester had the insurance of a goal - one they didn't even need - as they booked their spot in the knockout stages.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL! #LCFC ARE COMING...AS GROUP WINNERS!

Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Lisbon was marked with a victory as Real Madrid got by Sporting to book their spot in the knockouts.

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Rafael Varane opened the scoring with a close-range goal as Real Madrid headed into the interval with the lead - although not as commanding as they would have hoped.

The dismissal of defender João Pereira made for more optimism towards those points, but 10 minutes from time the Portugese would stunningly equalise from the spot - Adrien Silva this time with the conversion.

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But just like they did a few weeks before, Real Madrid left it late to get the job done. Karim Benzema managed to head on a searching ball and take the game out of reach, and in enough time. Cristiano Ronaldo was triumphant on his return to Lisbon - he was hailed like a hero, even if he couldn't revive some of his best.

#RMUCL@Benzema has overtaken Puskas and is now our fourth-highest European Cup goalscorer!

An injury setback to Gareth Bale before the winning goal overshadowed the game with the Clasico on the way, and the Welshman is set to be examined.

Tottenham suffer stunning knockout at the hands of MonacoTottenham Hotspur were sent crashing out of the Champions League as Monaco stamped out their torrid campaign by beating a strong Lloris in France.

A cluster of cracking saves from Lloris including an emphatic denial of Falcao from the penalty spot were the top highlights of a first half were Spurs were just unable to strike a chord yet again.

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Djibril Sidibé broke the deadlock some 3 minutes into the second half which began a wild spell of goals, as the Frenchman capitalised on Mendy's brilliant cross from the left to head past a stellar Hugo Lloris.

Spurs were handed a lifeline though when Dele Alli went down in the box and the referee signalled a penalty, one of which was coolly converted by Harry Kane.

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But almost right from kick-off, they were plunged into misery - and eventually knocked out of the tournament - when some silky passing tore through a flimsy defence, and Lemar was locked and loaded to sweep past Lloris.

Tottenham's keeper had one of the best performances on the night, with Glik's long-range piledriver thwarted and a double save earlier in the half - but the North Londoners couldn't reflect that rate and sunk to a loss.

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Moscow hold Leverkusen
In the early kick-off over in Russia, CSKA Moscow's home blushes were spared as they clawed back a point through Bibras Natcho's penalty, which cancelled out Volland's early strike in group E.

Dinamo drought continues as Lyon edge closer
Lyon condemned Dinamo Zagreb to a fifth loss out of five as the Croatians once again failed to score, as Alexandre Lacazette put the Ligue 1 side in the running for qualification with a second half goal.

Copenhagen hopes still awake after snoozefest
A scrappy affair ended goalless in Denmark as Copenhagen and Porto played out to a dull, goalless draw. The less said about this game, the better, other than a spectacular double save from the Copenhagen keeper.

One week left, taking shape

Monaco, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and Leicester City have qualified for the Champions League - either already before or by their results on the night. 3 more spots are up for grabs in what could be a nail-biting finale, but there's another half of action before that to come!